Echocardiography, . Echocardiography, an ultrasound of your heart, is the gold standard for evaluating murmurs. A murmur is nothing more than turbulent blood flow through the heart and can be caused by a variety of things, ranging from abnormal heart valves to holes in the heart, to abnormalities with the heart muscle itself. An echocardiogram ("echo") can evaluate all of these items at once, and does so without radiation, is non-invasive, and as medical tests go these days, is relatively cheap. If you are feeling lightheaded or dizzy then it is particularly important that you be evaluated soon. I hope this helps!
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Maybe none. A murmur is not a diagnosis. It is a sound. It can be innocent and mean nothing, or be a sign of a disease process. The doctor who heard it should tell you one way or another if they are concerned it is a disease, they will refer you to a cardiologist or order an echocardiogram. An echo is only necessary if your doctor thinks you have a problem.
Feeling faint can be a lot of things.
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Echocardiography, . Echocardiography, an ultrasound of your heart, is the gold standard for evaluating murmurs. A murmur is nothing more than turbulent blood flow through the heart and can be caused by a variety of things, ranging from abnormal heart valves to holes in the heart, to abnormalities with the heart muscle itself. An echocardiogram ("echo") can evaluate all of these items at once, and does so without radiation, is non-invasive, and as medical tests go these days, is relatively cheap. If you are feeling lightheaded or dizzy then it is particularly important that you be evaluated soon. I hope this helps!
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Maybe none. A murmur is not a diagnosis. It is a sound. It can be innocent and mean nothing, or be a sign of a disease process. The doctor who heard it should tell you one way or another if they are concerned it is a disease, they will refer you to a cardiologist or order an echocardiogram. An echo is only necessary if your doctor thinks you have a problem.
Feeling faint can be a lot of things.
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